Act Now to Remove Gulf Council members

Date posted: January 28, 2015

Sign below to support the FRA’s letter sent to Secretary Penny Pritzker requesting the removal of Corky Perrett, Harlon Pearce and John Greene, Jr. from their positions as members of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council (Gulf Council). Read the FRA Press Release.

Right now, the Gulf Council is in session in Point Clear, AL, voting on how to ‘finish the job’ of giving your fish to a few charter boat owners. Perrett, Pearce and Greene could be the deciding vote in moving forward with this highly contested and overwhelmingly opposed idea called Sector Separation (Amendment 40). They did not disclose to the Secretary of Commerce (and the public) that they are on the Board of Directors for Gulf Seafood Institute, which is a known supporter of Sector Separation and is involved in lobbying on Capitol Hill. They have been in violation of the law by not disclosing this on their NOAA Form 88-195 Statement of Financial Interests.

Sign your name below to tell Secretary Penny Pritzker, Congress and the Gulf Council that you want Perrett, Pearce and Greene removed from the Council and held fully accountable for their blatant violation of the law.

Sign by February 6, 2015 for best effect.UPDATE, February 6, 2015:

It appears that these Council members were in violation of this strict disclosure law since
September of 2013. That means they failed to disclose this interest on their February, 2014 Form 88-195. They have all filed their new forms last week and showed that they began their positions with Gulf Seafood Institute in 2014, not 2013, as the GSI website shows. That is another violation. Will they never stop? We won’t stop.